If you are a user of iTunes, you will find it's an impossible thing to share your music with others. You are forbidden to transfer or copy music from iTunes or other products from Apple as iPod, iPhone, iPod touch etc.

Apple's proprietary DRM software is called FairPlay. FairPlay is built into QuickTime and used by iPhone, iPod, iTunes, and iTunes Store. FairPlay protected song purchased from iTunes are digitally encrypted preventing them from being played on unauthorized computers.



If you want to share iTunes via network, you may try Simplify Media, KavaTunes, and Mojo. If you want to share iPod music via Windows PC, click here for details. If you want to share iTunes via Mac PC, click here for details.

3 Ways to share iTunes over a network

1. Simplify Media - Connect your music

Simplify Media software connects you through iTunes and Winamp. Enjoy music from home while at work or school. Explore friends' music while they are online.


• Free - No hidden charges. No spyware. Links let you buy music you want to own.
• Easy - Set-up is fast. No need to upload files to a website.
• Safe - Only your group can access what you are sharing, and no one can see your other files.
• Legal - Files are streamed only within your private group.
• Universal - Connect iTunes and Winamp and PCs and Macs without worrying about music format.

2. KavaTunes - The web jukebox for iTunes

KavaTunes creates interactive websites that look and work just like iTunes. Browse, search and play all your music. KavaTunes websites can stream your favorite playlists using your computer's built-in web server. KavaTunes can also add artwork to your music.


• You can choose what music to include in the catalog in the Playlists preferences.
• You can link directly to artists, albums and playlists in both the iTunes and iPod templates.
• You can show the composer and comments columns in the iTunes template by editing its preferences file.
• You can link to specific iPod models and colors in the iPod template. You can customize the default model and color by editing the template's preferences file.

3. Mojo

Mojo is music sharing done right. With just two clicks, you are ready to browse, select, and download music from other Mojo users.

Plus, subscribe to the playlists of other users, and Mojo will update those playlists anytime they are online. Finally, all downloaded songs will automatically be added to your iTunes library.


• Mojo will automatically find other users on your network and allows you to easily add buddies to your roster for those who aren't on your local network.
• Select a user to share with, and Mojo opens a browsing window. Songs you already have in your library are grayed out.
• Choose any playlist to subscribe to, and Mojo will automatically download and update the latest changes to that playlist anytime you are on the same network with the playlist's owner.